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A poetry written in glass, unfolding from jewelry to objects and tableware, moving between delicacy and density. Like fragments of a silent language, each piece carries the trace of its making, a breath, a moment, a presence held in glass.

ARTISANAL CRAFTMANSHIP

At the Atelier

The work is carried out using a flame-working technique, where borosilicate glass is shaped directly at the torch. A solid glass rod is introduced into the flame and gradually brought to a molten state, allowing it to be formed through rotation, gravity, and controlled movement. The material responds immediately to heat and gesture, requiring constant adjustment throughout the process. There is no mold or exact repetition; each piece develops in the moment. Once formed, it is placed in a kiln to cool slowly, stabilising the glass and returning it to a solid state.

The breath and the gesture

Poetic tableware

Glass itself follows a cycle, moving from solid to liquid and back again, and this transformation guides the way the work is approached, with an awareness of material, time, and energy. Production remains local, and packaging is developed with a family-run business based in Barcelona, with shipping kept as simple as possible and plastic avoided whenever it can be. The strength of borosilicate glass allows the use of minimal, recyclable materials, with plastic only used when necessary. What defines the work is not only the object, but the way it is made, a process that stays close to the material, the gesture, and its environment.

Each blown piece is in fact unique, due to the breath and the artisanal way of the process. The jewelry and objects are mouth-blown and worked by hand.

From heat to stillness, the form finds its balance.The glass, once fluid, becomes precise and clear, holding the memory of the gesture within its lines. Cléodore Glass embodies this transformation, where each curve reflects the moment it was shaped, fixing movement into presence.

Borosilicate glass in transformation.Heated to its softest state, the material becomes fluid, almost alive. Light moves through each line as the form begins to emerge, shaped by breath and gesture.

Borosilicate glass tubes, before gesture.Clear and untouched, the material rests in its most essential state, holding the quiet potential of what is yet to come.

TIMELESS CREATIONS

1.Beauty tools crafted in glass

An exploration of gesture and care, rooted in the ritual of touch.
Inspired by gua sha, each piece is shaped in glass through an intuitive gesture, giving rise to soft, organic forms designed to follow the contours of the body. Between object and tool, these forms invite a slower, more conscious interaction, where touch becomes central.

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2.Perséphone Ashtray

Hand-blown in borosilicate glass, each Perséphone ashtray is crafted in an artisanal and unique manner. It is adorned with solid glass details that give it both strength and sensuality, like fragments of frozen movement. With its sculptural form, it sits on the table like a relic, reflecting time and stories — a companion to long conversations and lingering evenings.

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1.Anémone brooch

A sculptural brooch inspired by the silent bloom of underwater life.
The Anemone brooch unfolds in spirals and soft curves, like a sea flower held in stillness.
It evokes the quiet presence of marine worlds delicate, ancient, unknown.
Its core is surrounded by a constellation of molten glass spheres, fused one by one.
The process demands breath, patience, and exacting intuition each brooch is a unique composition shaped entirely by hand.

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Justine Menard, in the Studio | 00:00:00 | |